http://www.baileycannon.com/workgroup-laser-printer/
Workgroup Laser Printer
What's a great small office all in one color laser printer?
What's the most reliable, workhorse small office color laser all in one printer that doesn't cost a fortune to maintain? We are looking for the very best all-in-one, off-the-shelf professional color laser printer for our small business workgroup. We are looking for features including duplex printing, scan to email, wireless and fax capabilities. We'll need to print plain paper as well as mailing labels and #10 envelopes. We need a solution that won't break the bank on toner and maintenance, yet that will print well and work well for us. We've tried unsuccessfully Brother MFC-9840CDW and Phaser 8550DT. Any suggestions, based on positive experience?
We also owned a HP LaserJet 2550n. This machine was expensive for us to maintain (toner costs) and we started seeing blue dots on our color prints.
I can't give you an exact model on this but I can make you a very good recommendation. What you're looking for is a Hewlett Packard (HP) laser printer. I worked in tech support for many years and I estimate that I've repaired over 2000 printers. If you want reliability, you'll want one of the leading brands and that's because there's a reason they are the leading brands, they're affordable and they're dependable.
Keep in mind that when I'm speaking here it's from a point of view of someone that has seen the working parts inside a printer. You couldn't give me a Lexmark because I've seen what that company will do to cut corners. I've worked on Brother, Canon and many others. I have never encountered a HP laser printer that wasn't well designed and operated well based on its cost. I've worked on some HP laser jets that half a million copies on the counter and were still running well because they were maintained properly. I own a laser and ink jet printer in my home and they're both HP because I know what I can expect.
One thing to note, the HP will likely cost you a bit more than one of the others, but it will also last you longer, saving you bills on repairs/maintenance and toner.
It should be easy to see the average cost per page on these because you can check cartridge price online and HP will show you how many pages you should expect per cartridge as well. You might save a bit of money on initial purchase with another brand but you'll spend more later on maintenance most likely. Good luck to you no matter what you decide though.
 |
Canon PIXMA MP560 Wireless Inkjet All-In-One Photo Printer (3747B002) List Price: $149.99 Sale Price: $83.00 Average Rating:   |
|
High-Performance Wireless Photo All-In-One with 2.0-Inch LCD |
 |
Canon PIXMA MX870 Wireless Office All-in-One Printer (4206B002) List Price: $199.99 Sale Price: $164.98 Average Rating: |
|
Wireless All-in-One Home Office Printer with 2.5-Inch LCD and Auto Duplex ADF. |
 |
Canon PIXMA MX860 Wireless All-In-One office Printer List Price: $199.97 Sale Price: $113.94 Average Rating:  |
|
Wireless Office All-In-One Printer with 2.5" LCD & Built-in Two-sided copying and printing |
 |
Canon PGI-5 BK 2-Pack Pigment Black Ink Tanks List Price: $37.00 Sale Price: $24.55 Average Rating: |
|
Compatible with Canon PIXMA models iP4200, iP5200, iP5200R, 500 and 800, the PGI-5BK black ink cartridge is created with pigment ink formulation for long lasting prints. Designed to be resistant to highlighter smearing and smudges, the ultra-fine ink provides your documents with crisply legible text and sharply defined images on a range of papers... |
 |
Canon CLI-8 3 Pack C/M/Y Value Pack (0621B016) List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $28.55 Average Rating: |
|
CLI-8 3 Pack Cyan/Magenta/Yellow Value Pack |
 |
Canon CLI-221 4-Color Value Pack (Black/Cyan/Magenta/Yellow) (2946B004) List Price: $47.99 Sale Price: $34.55 Average Rating: |
|
Great Ink Savings with Canon Value Combo Packs |
 |
Canon PG-210XL Cartridge (Black) List Price: $21.99 Sale Price: $15.55 Average Rating: |
|
Exceptional Quality, Remarkable Durability - 2973B001 |
 |
Canon CLI-8 4-Color Multipack Ink Tanks List Price: $50.99 Sale Price: $36.99 Average Rating: |
|
The CLI-8 from Canon is a pack of four high-capacity color ink cartridges that use long-lasting Chromalife ink for bright and vivid results. Compatible with Pixma models iP4200, iP5200, iP5200R, iP6600D, MP500, MP800, and MP950, each of these four ink cartridges yields up to 280 pages, based on five percent coverage... |
 |
Canon PIXMA iP100 Mobile Photo Printer List Price: $249.99 Sale Price: $169.95 Average Rating: |
|
Amazon.com Product Description Canon's stylish iP100 Mobile Printer travels with you, delivering outstanding photo print quality wherever you are. Thanks to a blazing sprint speed, you can have a beautiful 4 x 6 inch print in less than a minute... |
 |
Canon PGI-220 Ink Tank (Black) List Price: $14.99 Sale Price: $11.49 Average Rating: |
|
Exceptional Quality, Remarkable Durability - 2945B001 |